49 bands added to Download line-up

PAPA Roach, Rise To Remain, Gogol Bordello, Lit, Escape The Fate and Blitz Kids are among 49 new acts added to the Download 2013 line up.They'll line up with headliners Slipknot, Iron Maiden and Rammstein at the festival in Donington Park on June 14 to 16.It'll be the fourth appearance for US rockers Papa Roach whose hits include Last Resort, Scars, She Loves Me Not and Getting Away With Murder.London metallers Rise To Remain, New York gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, Californian alt-rockers Lit, US post-hardcore band Escape The Fate and fresh from their tour with Lower Than Atlantis, UK rockers Blitz Kids.Buckcherry are welcomed back to Download for a third time while Uriah Heep, regarded as one of the seminal rock acts of the early seventies, will make their festival debut.Multi-million selling Grammy nominated nu metallers P.O.D join the bill, as do Newsted, fronted by Metallica's long-serving former bassist Jason Newsted.From Scandinavia come Europe, Katatonia, Graveyard and Turisas. There'll also be bands from Japan (Dir En Grey), Australia (Karnivool and Naked Flame) and France (The Algorithm).For line-up and tickets details go to www.downloadfestival.co.uk.